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James MacMillan (Composer) | Ariel Dorfman (Author of original text) | Ana Maria Mendoza (Author of original text)
Cantos Sagrados
mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra
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Composer's Notes
In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the three poems are concerned with political repression in Latin America and are deliberately coupled with traditional religious texts to emphasise a deeper solidarity with the poor of that sub-continent.
It was my interest in Liberation Theology which made me combine the poems of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina with the texts of the Latin mass in Búsqueda (an earlier music-theatre work) and has now led me to attempt a similar synthesis of ideas in Cantos Sagrados.
The voices in Ariel Dorfman’s poems belong to those who suffer a particular type of political repression: the 'disappearance' of political prisoners. Ana Maria Mendoza’s poem about the Virgin of Guadeloupe tackles the same problem by asking a more fundamental cultural and historical question.
In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the three poems are concerned with political repression in Latin America and are deliberately coupled with traditional religious texts to emphasise a deeper solidarity with the poor of that sub-continent.
It was my interest in Liberation Theology which made me combine the poems of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina with the texts of the Latin mass in Búsqueda (an earlier music-theatre work) and has now led me to attempt a similar synthesis of ideas in Cantos Sagrados.
The voices in Ariel Dorfman’s poems belong to those who suffer a particular type of political repression: the 'disappearance' of political prisoners. Ana Maria Mendoza’s poem about the Virgin of Guadeloupe tackles the same problem by asking a more fundamental cultural and historical question.
Content
Identity
Sun Stone
Virgin of Guadalupe
Sun Stone
Virgin of Guadalupe
More Information
Title:
Cantos Sagrados
Language:
Latin, English
Edition:
Study score
Publisher/Label:
Boosey & Hawkes
Year of composition:
1989
Duration:
22 ′
World Premiere:
February 10, 1990 · Edinburg (UK)
Old St Paul's Church
John Young, Orgel · Conductor: Colin Tipple · Scottish Chamber Choir
Old St Paul's Church
John Young, Orgel · Conductor: Colin Tipple · Scottish Chamber Choir
Commissioned work :
Cantos Sagrados was commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Choir with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
BH 13296
ISMN13:
979-0-060-13296-4
ISBN13:
978-1-78454-256-6
UPC:
888680925741
Weight:
0,22 kg
Pages:
68
Format:
21cm x 29.7cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Performances
Cantos Sagrados
Conductor: Colin Tipple
February 10, 1990 |
Edinburg (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Old St Paul's Church — World Premiere
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